Shipping-box.



J. P. HUMMEL.

SHIPPING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l. 1915.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

OPN/LYS COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH C0.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

IINIED STA Erica. I

JOI-IN' PETER HUMMEL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SHIPPING-BOX.

Application filed June 1, 1915.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOI-IN PETER HUMMEL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shipping- Boxes, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this speciiication.

The invention relates to shipping boxes.

The invention designs to provide a shipping box of a construction, first, to meet the urgent demand of Certain industries for a box having a separate cover or lid, second,

one that can be conveniently loaded and be of sufficient stiffness that when so loaded can be piled or tiered end upon end or side upon side, so as to expose the contents for ready inspection until such time when shipment is to be made, and third, so that the consignee or distributer of the goods contained in said boxes may open them for the purpose of inspection without defacing or in any way weakening the structure of the box.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined at the conclusion hereof. Y In the drawings, Figure l, is a top view of the box, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a side view of the box, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. l; Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. l; Fig. 6 is an end view of the box in collapsed condition.

The box comprises an open-ended box body A forming the sides, bottom and top reinforcing means, a cover B for the open end of the box, and means for removably securing said cover in place.

The open-ended box body A. is made from a single strip of heavy fiber board, this strip being first suitably scored to provide for the proper folding of the same to form the box corners, and slotted to provide for flaps 5 which are bent over to meet in the center or overlap (as may be desired) when folded and glued together to form the bottom of the box (not shown) after which said strip is folded upon itself and the meeting edges overlapped and fastened by any suitable means, all of which is well known construc- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Serial No. 31,424.

tion. The box body is also slotted to provide for fiaps 6 and 7 on opposite sides of the box and a bead S formed by scoring at the junctures between said flaps and the sides of the box to permit said fiaps to be folded down at an angle to the box body. These fiaps 6 and 7 are not of great width, but suflicient, however, to provide a strong reinforcement for the open end of the box when it is placed on its side or end. rIhe ends 9 of each of the flaps are cut at right angles to the side of the box to which the flap is attached and consequently they will be parallel with the adjacent side of the box. Now if it is desired to tier the boxes side on side both ends of the iiaps 6 are brought under the flaps 7. Under these conditions, through the weight of the boxes above, the ends 9 of the flaps 6 will engage the sides of the box to which the flaps 7 are attached and these flaps 6, being thus interposed between the ends of opposite sides of the box, will brace the sides at these points (as shown in Fig. l) irrespective of the cover which may be removed for inspection of the contents of the box even while it is stacked without defacing or in any way weakening the box structure. In case the boxes are stacked on end the ends of the flaps 7 are brought under the flaps 6 and being similarly constructed will serve as braces in the same manner as pointed out in connection with the flaps 6. Thus the flaps 6 and 7, according to whether the boxes are stacked or tiered side on side or end on end form reinforcements for the open end of the box which permits removal of the covers when it is desired to inspect their contents.

The cover B is of usual construction consisting of a single piece of material scored and slotted at its corners to form cover flaps 10, the ends of said flaps at the corners tapering from the top of the cover to the bottom edge of the flaps.

The means for detachably lsecuring the cover in place comprises means for detachably securing the flaps of the cover to the box body. This means comprises a strip or band l1 of a width slightly greater than the width of the cover flaps 10 which band is scored to fit the corners of the box body A and the ends of which are secured together by any suitable means as by overlapping the ends 12 and 13 and securing them together with staples. The lower edge lll of the band is secured by any suitable means, such as staples 15, to the sides of the box body A, but these staples are fastened intermediate the edge of the sides so as to leave a free space 16 on each side of the box at each cor ner thereof so that the box may be collapsed as shown in Fig. 6. When the box is Set up the corners of the bands come into place adjacent the corners of the box as shown in Figs. 1 and 8. The band 11 being secured to the sides of the box in the manner above described pockets 17 are formed between said band and the sides of the box to receive the cover iiaps 10 as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5. rlhis band thus coperates with the sides of the box to form a plurality of pockets for detachably securing the cover iiaps therein and are of a length to accomplish this purpose, but not of a length to permit water or moisture to collect between them and the sides of the box which might result in an injury to the contents thereof. By this construction also the cover is made to iit down snugly upon the flaps 6 and 7 of the open end of the box body A thus preventing rain, dust or dirt getting into the box from the top. rdinarily the box is sealed by a sealing tape (not shown) so that breaking the seal of the tape permits the cover to be raised for inspection of the goods.

The invention thus exemplifies a shipping box which is well adapted for the purposes specified.

The invention is not to be restricted to the details of construction herein set forth, but may be varied so as to be within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A box comprising a box body having an open end, a cover for said open end having iiaps thereon, and means for removably securing said cover to said box comprising a band surrounding` the sides of the box adj acent the open end thereof and fastened to said box adjacent its lower edge to form a plurality of pockets for receiving said cover aps, said band being of a width slightly greater than the width of said iiaps.

2. A box comprising a collapsible box body having an open end, a cover for said open end having flaps thereon, and means for removably securing said cover lto said box comprising a band surrounding the sides of the box adjacent the open end thereof and fastened to said box intermediate the corners formed by said sides to form pockets between it and the sides of the box for receiving said cover Haps.

8. A` box comprising a box body having an open end, a cover for said open end having iiaps thereon, means comprising a band surrounding the sides of the box body adja cent the open end thereof for receiving said cover flaps between it and the sides of said body to removably secure said cover thereto, and means comprisingiiaps bent at angles to the side of the box body at the open end thereof to form a reinforcement for the box for the purpose specified.

4l. A box body comprising a collapsible box body having an open end, a cover for said open end having flaps thereon, means comprising a collapsible band surrounding the sides of the box adjacent the open end thereof for receiving said cover flaps between it and the sides of said body to removably secure said cover thereto, and means comprising flaps formed on the open end of the box body and bent at an angle thereto and having their ends disposed adjacent' opposite sides of the box to contact therewith to reinforce and brace the sides of the box to which said flaps are attached.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PETER HUMMEL.

Witnesses:

G. E. MGKNEW, ANsoN ELDRED.

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